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  1. This is the lovely US built launch edition of the short scale G&L Fullerton Fallout bass in a rather fetching ‘racing yellow’. These racing stripe versions with the matching headstock were apparently a limited run. This is a really east bass to play - the neck is very fast and I’d say much better than the Tribute version of which I sold to get this. It is in excellent condition and is strung with heavy gauge round wounds from Daddario. There are some minor marks and a dent on the upper bout which has bruised the lacquer. This is only cosmetic of course. No issues with the trussrod. The bass doesn’t come with a case or bag but will be well packed if posted. I’ve included a pic comparing the size of it with a full scale Musicman bass. Although it’s a 30’’ scale with 19 frets it has a large body. The balance is perfect, tones are powerful and flexible and the weight is 4kgs which is easy on the shoulder. I’m selling because my short scale experiment started with and ended with my Ric 3000 - which I’m keeping. This is a well put together US made short scale bass that doesn’t look like a toy on a bigger player but is manageable for players of all sizes. The E has plenty of punch and the intonation is perfect. I’d recommend watching Ed Friedland AKA The Bass Whisperer’s YouTube demo which definitely sold this bass to me. See link. No trades sorry, UK only. Pickup preferred although I can post at buyers cost. Reduced to £725.
    8 points
  2. I’m afraid you don’t have all your facts correct. Yes, I do use a vibrating platform, and I do use in ear monitors, but not all the time and not on every gig, and not on every song. I ALWAYS use my Bergantino rig and I can still hear it even when using IEM’s. Also, and this is a key point, not everyone in the band uses IEM’s including Jools himself and all of the singers and so my Bergantino rig is always on and never turned to zero. You should make sure you get your facts right before posting comments which are clearly just assumptions, and incorrect.
    7 points
  3. Now sold to the man with the, frankly magnificent, beard. Hello folks, my daughter's car has gone bang in a very terminal way so I need to move a bass or two on or she'll sit round the house giving me shade all day. This is a Nate Mendel that is rather special because....er........ok, I got nothing, it's just the stock Nate Mendel that we all know & love. Everything works as it should, it's strung with Elite Detroit flatwounds, sounds great & that neck is as wonderful as everyone says. Only issue to be aware of is that, at some point the previous owner fitted an SPB 1 pickup & appears to have made a screw up. In the pickup cavity there is the remains of a broken height screw, it's not in the mounting screw hole, it's above it & sits about 2mm proud of the wood. However, you obviously cant see it & it doesn't interfere with the mounting or range of movement of the pick up. I suspect ham-fisted Harry probably started screwing in the mounting screw in the wrong place (not the existing hole) & it sheared off. Only mentioned for full disclosure. Otherwise, we have the Fender gigbag, tags etc & the original shipping carton. If you want the bass shipped I can pack it but can you organise your own courier, local pickup is always welcome too. Not looking for any trades - unless it's a city car with an auto-box & less than 2000 miles on it. I know folks like to make offers but in this case it's as cheap as it gets for a Mendel so don't look the proverbial equine present in the mush.
    6 points
  4. I can understand them wanting to reduce overheads by not lugging back line over from Ireland, but I thinks it’s a bit much to expect the bands they are asking to support them to provide it for them, presumably with no financial incentive to do so. ‘Let us use your back line or you don’t get the gig’ is like some bizarre form of musical blackmail, no matter how decent and respectful they might be.
    5 points
  5. It helped him with his thesis . Fancy a channel trying to big up their footage to attract viewers .How very dare they . I've always found it something a lot of people watch and 5 people can have had 5 different weekend watches .Like a big Later episode . Without getting heavy its people playing music to other people .No one is dragged there . The bits i've watched on i player have been excellent
    5 points
  6. I always envied Guy Pratt who managed to juggle several amazing gigs at once, jumping from Icehouse to Pink Floyd to Brian Ferry and a slew of other famous names in between for touring and studio/TV work... his most recent project is Nick Masons Saucerful of Secrets, yet another enviable gig... he's had (and continues to have) an amazing career playing with some of the best musicians in the world... yeah I'd quite like Guy's job
    5 points
  7. Sold - Excellent condition Ampeg Micro VR head with matching SVT210AV cabinet, Ampeg padded covers, speaker/mains cables, owner's manuals and original packaging. Don't be fooled by the small size of this class AB power section head as it can output 259 watts into a 4 ohm load or 160 watts into the matching 8 ohm SVT210AV cabinet. All working as it should. Price is £450 the lot. Payment by cash/bank transfer collected or meet up close-ish to Hertford. Thanks for looking.
    4 points
  8. I tried, but a Stingray is just not for me. This is a really good playing OLP Stingray that has been very well upgraded to include a Nordstrand MM4.2 pickup and a Retrovibe Stinger pre-amp. I have to say that I had very managed expectations when I bought it, but it is a superb bass. Not a bad weight, too, at 9.4lbs. I am down near Portsmouth, for those that want to give it a go. I am happy to travel a reasonable distance to save delivery, but will pack it fairly safely if I have to post it. Postage costs will be in addition to the quoted price (which is what I paid for it). This is the perfect way to dip your toes in the Stingray water, or to have a very capable back up.
    4 points
  9. Careful With That Vax Eugene Floyd
    4 points
  10. PRICE REDUCED - £1,300 down to £1,150 American Standard Precision V string - made in 2008. Highly polished natural wood - Ash Fingerboard - Maple Neck - C shape / 9.5º Nut width is 47.6 mm or 1.875" Scale 34" Bridge - 5-String High Mass Vintage (HMV), (Strings-Through-Body or Topload) Tuners - Fender® "F" Light-Weight Vintage-Paddle Keys with Tapered Shafts Pickups - American Standard Alnico V Split Single-Coil Precision Bass® This is a passive bass It had not really been played very much by the previous owner when I bought it and has been used mainly for recording and a few gigs. So it's in really A1 condition. I had it setup by a top luthier last year and it plays really nicely with a low action. It's got some pin hole marks on the back but nothing really worth highliting. I'll add lots of high-res pics so you can have a good look around it. It has the most lovely growl. All you would expect from a P base but with the extra B string. The Labella strings are a month or so old and sound full of life. It has a beautiful balance when you ware it - about 9.1 lbs, roughly. So lighter than my old 4 string Jazz base. It comes with the original Fender hard case I can arrange for this to be posted (at your cost). Very welcome to come and play it or have a look. Stephen - 07432146148 [email protected]
    4 points
  11. A function band's set is the list you will get if you ask me what all my least favourite songs in the whole world are...
    4 points
  12. Evening all, I have for sale an EBMM USA Sterling in Blue Pearl with the traditional unfinished roasted maple neck/board and inlaid neck plate purchased from . The EBMM site dates it to June 15th 1998 but also states that it should have a rosewood board and while I'm no expert, I would say that the neck currently on the bass is the original, it feels so integral. That point aside, the bass is entirely original and is in excellent working order with plenty of fret life and no crackle from the controls. I put it through its paces last night and bearing in mind that I hadn't played it in over a year and it had been sat in its case, only the G was slightly out of tune, which I thought was pretty impressive. Being a 24 year old bass, there is one ding which I have attempted to capture in the pictures below, just below the volume knob. For those that aren't familiar with it, the USA Sterling is a very versatile bass with a ceramic (rather than alnico) pick-up with 3-way switching between series, parallel and single coil. There is also a phantom coil which prevents hum when switched to single coil, I believe some guitar P-90s have this, it's a very useful feature. There is a 3-band EQ giving bass boost/cut, mid boost/cut and treble boost/cut, so it is possible to dial in a lot of different tones. Also, this is a powerful bass that can cut it with any guitar in the mix, it won't get lost that's for sure. And that brings me to the reason for sale, I just don't need something with this much grunt any more, so I would rather it went to a good home and saw some action, gutted as I will be to see it leave. In terms of playability, this is one of the nicest basses I have had the pleasure to play, the profile of the neck is very Jazz (as opposed to the Stingray's more Precision feel) and the lack of finish gives it a fast smooth feel. The intonation is excellent all the way to the sculpted heel which gives great accessibility to the high notes, if you like that kind of thing! 😊 Set up on the Sterling is easy due to the dial wheel truss rod and the bridge is the later model (post Flea bridge with no mute posts) but very solid and keeps the strings well locked in. This one is strung with a set of DR Hi Beams (100-45s) which were put on in late 2019 when the bass was last set up and neck re-oiled but due to Covid they are hardly played and have plenty of life left. All in all, a great bit of kit which I will be sad to see go, it comes complete with an old school, sturdy EBMM hard case (curiously like an old Fender model) which is also in very good order with no rips or tears. The Sterling also has Schaller strap-locks fitted which I will leave on and throw in a Nu-buck strap with the matching lock clips. I have priced this at £1100 couriered in mainland Britain, which looking at Reverb, Bass Gallery and other sites, seems a fair price point. I will use a reliable courier and the bass will be delivered (insured) in it's case which in turn will be wrapped.
    4 points
  13. Light and very nice sounding !
    4 points
  14. Always tune up to pitch. If you go sharp, tune back down below the note, give the string a bit of a pull away from the fretboard around the 12th fret to release any slack, then try again, only ever tuning up to pitch.
    4 points
  15. Just think of slightly outdated, tired, overplayed songs that people call ‘classics’, that you loathe the thought of having to play to other human beings. That will make up the majority of any function band set. Can you tell I how much I have loved playing in function bands over the past 20 years.
    4 points
  16. This is a lovely ‘97-‘98 MIJ jazz that I’ve modelled on a ‘64 relic type vibe. I chose it as a relic project based on the beautifully dark rosewood board similar to those that the originals had. It sounds and plays great. It’s been modded as follows: - Medium relic Surf green nitro finish with matching headstock and period correct decal (difficult to capture the colour but it looks more like the pictures that are more towards the green side, rather than the blueish hue most of the pics seem to have) - Fender pure vintage ‘64 pickups (same as those found in the Flea jazz bass) - Gotoh Res-O-lite vintage style reverse tuners - KiOgon wiring / pots - Schaller strap locks - period correct bridge with threaded saddles - period correct off-white pickguard - All the hardware has been reliced a little Weight - 4.2kg on my scales. I have a soft fender tweed case and plenty of boxing / bubble wrap for postage. I’d prefer collection from Cardiff if possible. EDIT - Happy to consider trades for basses of similar or lower value + cash. I’d consider a P bass, especially a Nate Mendel or could also be interested in a 5 string. NOW £800 Including UK delivery
    3 points
  17. F/S £450 My Sterling Stingray 5.Excellent condition active treble,bass, low action, killer tone.MusicMan case also in great condition. Any trial Collection from Stoke with tea and biscuits,or meet within reasonable distance for petrol money. Thanks for looking If you're looking for a reliable 5-string electric bass guitar, your search is over! The Music Man StringRay Classic Ray25CA has a solid mahogany body with a ceramic humbucker and an active 2-band premplifier. That's all you need for a powerful sound that can be tweaked to perfection. The 1.77-inch string nut width means a comfortable playing experience too, while the open gear machine heads and chrome parts complete the picture. Specifications Product features Number frets21 Number of strings5 Active tone controlyes Pickup configurationH (humbucker) Pickup typehumbucker (passive) Neck connectionbolt on Fretboard wood typerosewood
    3 points
  18. withdrawn, conn 8h Trombone large bore, and case symphony artist, rosebrass bell, top dog trombone and to be fair it really is the mutz nutz. retail price is £2800ish, so its a good price. https://www.conn-selmer.com/en-us/instruments/band-instruments/trombones/8h
    3 points
  19. My main gigging rig. Alembic preamps and Synq power amp into the Big Twin II
    3 points
  20. I've been to Glastonbury Fayre/festival only once - mid 70s, no name bands, no tickets, no security - just a few hundred stoned hippies making music to entertain each other. I preferred the 70s Stonehenge festivals held over the solstice (Glastonbury is always the week after Stonehenge as most people drifted from one to the other). I think I saw some of Zorch playing and probably Here & Now who played most of the free festivals in those days. Maybe Nik Turner as well - it's a long time ago and there were many other small festivals back then - Deeply Vale & Ruthin come to mind. I've probably forgotten more than I remember now, must have been something in the water
    3 points
  21. Cor blimey there's some grumpy gits on here isn't there. I've just watched Róisín Murphy's set and it was brilliant from start to finish, a great show from a proper bang up rock star with plenty of bass action to boot. If this sort of thing is typical for Glastonbury then I'm thinking I ought to go one of these years.
    3 points
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  24. You picked your wife with your eyes shut ? Is she aware of that. Dave
    3 points
  25. My corner of our practice space...
    3 points
  26. Hi guys, I follow this thread. However, I haven’t commented yet because a couple of years ago I retired from the church music group I played with. So, I didn’t feel I had much to add. The last couple of post, particularly the one above, bring back shudders 😉 Over the period I served we had singers, and occasionally instrumentalists, who thought it ‘un-Godly’ or ‘too professional and slick’ (their words) to try and improve or even rehearse. It’s a tough gig, hats off to all you who persevere.
    3 points
  27. I think it would be Cliffs role in AC/DC for me.
    3 points
  28. Not exactly big, but reading was the music festival, glastonbury was the hippie festival that also had the bikers and hippies that had come down from the stonehenge festival. The music part got more important in recent years.,
    3 points
  29. Agreed. The BBC in particular is becoming like an endless version of Blue Peter. Talking down and dumbing down presentation as If we are all 7 year olds and need to be told how great something is, and told how much we are enjoying it. I can make an informed judgement thank you. Dressed myself too.
    3 points
  30. Is this not the modern world? Everything is the best thing ever. Everything is so crammed full of profound moments you'll run out of skin once you start getting tattoos about the iconic memories you simply need to trigger. Make sure you let everyone know, too, with an array of carefully taken selfies to show how in the moment you were, living your best life out loud! Hey, PREMIER LEAGUE will be back soon, don't miss a second of it! YOLO!
    3 points
  31. Just think of songs that people already know, can dance to, sing along to and will make them happy.
    3 points
  32. Being that I would not be able to cut it with most bands I love, I would have to say the band I was in, in the 80's, The Illiterate Diplomats. The free-ist band situation I was ever in, recording all warm-ups and improvisations, where many songs started, an environment where if I wished, could make any sort of sound/noise, for as long as I cared, without even a raised brow.
    2 points
  33. Bought a Ray back in 79 and had it ever since... absolutely love the bass....neck profile is lovely as ped mentioned....I will say though, full bass and treble is a no go!!.....I back the bass off to 7ish and treble to around 5.....works for me.
    2 points
  34. Sorry, that was meant for my Tinder profile...
    2 points
  35. 2 points
  36. Just a heads up. 'Heavyocity' have now added 'Nylon Guitar' to the free 'Foundations' collection: Foundations Nylon Guitar | Cinematic Guitar | Heavyocity
    2 points
  37. Mmmm, three in a row, lovely! My Old Man's a Dustman ~ Lonnie Donegan
    2 points
  38. After years of ALL sorts, I now realise that for me, the only way is the Stingray way
    2 points
  39. I've never come across a situation where the bands don't even have the equipment necessary to play a gig. It's one thing to share kit to make things easier for everyone (and, rightly, not everyone is willing to do that). But to not have the equipment in the first place is embarrassing. I've shared and borrowed backline and PA in the past but in every case I or the other bands have had our own equipment available and it's just been down to convenience and/or timing.
    2 points
  40. For how much bands are getting paid, the promoter is taking a bit more than a chance. If they can't be professional then they can't be taken seriously IMO. The one and only time I agreed to loan my backline the following band's bassist dialled everything up to 10. They weren't even punk, just some indie rock thing. That was the last time.
    2 points
  41. You don't fancy the one on Reverb for £2250 then? 😂😂
    2 points
  42. I think sometimes people view Stingrays as a modern hifi bass and tend to treat them like it - but in my opinion they sound best with the bass and treble backed off (I. have treble at 30% and bass at 50%). Some of my fave stingray players have a mellow sound which cuts through the mix as effectively and surgically as a slapped bass. It took me a while to come to that realisation after growing up listening to RHCP and so forth. For me, the beauty of the Stingray sound is in the finer details, not it's out and out slapping sound it's usually pigeon holed for. I tend to prefer a 70s jazz for out and out slap. The Stingray sounds amazing with a smooth baseline with the occasional 'pop' thrown in. Perfect example at 2:35 onwards:
    2 points
  43. I did think it was odd that the news said 'the end of the best glastonbury ever'. I would have thought the best glastonbury ever was in the thoughts of people who were going and their experiences, so it couldn't ever be 'the best'. I would say the best ever was 1983, and it actually couldn't be beaten as I won't ever be 18 again.
    2 points
  44. This has rapidly become bass of preference in my collection of 2. Euro5LX - My first Spector, but what an instrument. Looking forward to recording with it in a few months time. Been writing our latest album for over two years with it. Shot from Fridays gig
    2 points
  45. Individual performances aside, is it just me who is sick of the " Glastonbury fascism" instigated by the BBC that seems to be getting more total with each event? The endless hyperbole about how "amazing","historic""incredible" ect the festival is getting to be more than I can bear. "The Greatest Party On Earth" ran the headline on the BBC website yesterday. The naked truth is that Glastonbury is a triumph of mediocrity. It's a propaganda event, not, as we are being bullied into believing, a cause for compulsory celebration. The BBC pay an absolute fortune for the rights to broadcast the festival and they are desperate to justify this questionable expenditure at every opportunity. Anyhow, I thought the BBC were supposed to be impartial and represent differing perspectives and opinions. But not when it comes to Glastonbury, it seems. The only disparity allowed is just what degree of life- changing awe and amazement we are experiencing by vicarious participation. No wonder the Quentin's running the BBC are nervous if this is the best they can come up with to try and stave off their seemingly inevitable emasculation at the hands of Nadine Dorries and her vengeful Tory masters. Sadly, Glasto has become bread and circuses for post-post whatever-it-is Britain and it's not likely to lose its totemic stature in any forseeable future. Judging by what I have sat through over the weekend, if this is all that British people have got to look forward to then would it really be so terrible if a hostile foreign power were to subjugate this country once and for all? The BBC would have been far better occupied commissioning an extended series of Antiques Roadshow and undertaking a brutal purge of everybody associated with Match of The Day. And yes, Diana Ross was abysmal.
    2 points
  46. You sir are (say it with me) ‘an addict’ 😂🤣
    2 points
  47. Poor guy, without knowing him, we can only wish him well. I recently picked up a couple of 1126 cabs used, and I’m so glad I did. They are fantastic cabs that I won’t sell in a hurry. Shame they are out of production. Quality gear..
    2 points
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